Job Summary
The Catering department has an exciting opportunity to work as part of the team at the End Unit at Heartlands Hospital.
Our catering Operatives should have a passion and care for ensuring patient meals are provided with a friendly, safe and efficient service.
Please note the vacancy is for 15 hours per week.
Responsibilities:
1. The work involves preparation, handling and serving of foods across all areas of the Catering department and associated hospital sites.
2. The post holder will require maintaining good food hygiene standards for patients, staff and visitors to the Trust in accordance with individual sites processes.
3. Good housekeeping and cleaning practices are maintained to a professional standard promoting a professional image to patients and visitors.
4. Use of industrial and light equipment and machinery is required within ward services, retail, stores and central production units.
Main Duties of the Role:
1. Patient Catering (Substantive or UHB+)
2. Communicate menus to patient and ward teams.
3. Identify and report faults as required to department supervisors.
4. Provide high quality food and beverage service to patients following department process.
5. Maintain excellent cleaning standards within the working area.
6. Provide high quality retail and hospitality service to all customers.
7. Ensure codes of practice for HACCP and food safety are followed as per site training.
8. Temperatures of cooked foods are recorded, along with chilled and frozen storage using the designated HACCP sheets.
9. Replenish stock in accordance with Retail display plans.
10. Check dates and rotation of food within the working area.
11. Handling cleaning chemicals in accordance with COSHH and training provided.
12. Report any cash handling or security breaches immediately to Supervisors and Managers.
13. Appropriate removal of food waste (as per site process) using designated waste and recycling streams.
14. Ensure Hospitality is delivered to areas as booked in liaison with the Hospitality Manager.
15. Use POS tills for payment transactions and follow departments cash handling process and procedures.
16. Assist customers with needs and wheelchairs throughout the Retail and Hospitality service.
17. Be flexible in rotation of work from washing up, pan wash, counter serving, clearance and replenishments.
About Us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
* Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
* Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: GCSE Equivalent in English and Maths
* Essential: Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or willingness to undertake in the induction period
* Desirable: Relevant Catering qualifications
* Desirable: Higher Catering Education
* Desirable: Other Education
Experience
* Essential: Health and Safety or willingness to undertake in induction period
* Essential: Food Hygiene Regulations or willingness to undertake in induction period
* Essential: Willingness to undertake specific competencies to meet the full requirements of the role
* Desirable: Previous Catering Work Experience
* Desirable: Previous Hospital or Care Experience
* Desirable: Catering related knowledge
* Desirable: Allergy Regulations
Additional Criteria
* Essential: Presentable
* Essential: Work in large teams
* Essential: Able to work in hot and cold environments
* Essential: Time keeping
* Desirable: Driving License
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer Details
Employer name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green E, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5SS
Employer's website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm
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